„50 Years of Academic Jazz in Central Europe: Musicological and Artistic Research Perspectives in a Case Study of Local Jazz History in Graz“. Continental Drift. 50 Years of Jazz from Europe, Edinburgh Napier University, ed. Haftor Medbøe, Zack Moir and Chris Atton. (2017), 57–65.

„The Academic Jazz Institution in Graz and its Role in Promoting Jazz in Europe“. Jazz Talks Conference, Aveiro University Portugal. Aveiro (2013).

„Upper Styrian Big Band Folk: A Case Study of Artistic Research regarding the Use of Historical Resources in the Contemporary Musical Expression of a Rural Community in the European Alps“. ICTM Conference at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Shanghai (2013).

„Out of Nowhere: The Role of Jazz Institutions in Graz in the Formation of Jazz Identity“. Rhythm Changes Conference in Salford. Salford (2013).

Dr. Mag.Art. Michael Kahr (MMus.), born in 1975 in Bruck/Mur, is an Austrian pianist, composer, arranger and researcher, working in the arts-based research / research-based arts area. He lives in Vienna with his wife and little daughter.